Syrian “Opposition” in Disarray
After 28 months of crisis , the Syrian government defeated Washington’s best laid plans. Its “Syrian National Coalition” (SNC) opposition lacks effective leadership. It lacks legitimacy.
It’s an artificial construct. It operates extrajudicially. It resembles a gang that can’t shoot straight. On July 8, another leader resigned.
Washington’s war on Syria’s no “revolution.” There’s nothing civil about it. It’s US proxy aggression. Foreign death squad invaders want “rebels” replacing Syrian sovereignty.
Repeated changing of the guard shows SNC ranks in disarray. Al-Khatib and Hitto couldn’t resolve SNC divisions. Don’t expect al-Jarba to fare better.
Just causes close ranks effectively. Rogue operations feature self-aggrandizing, power-hungry opportunists. They face overwhelming Syrian ‘opposition’.
Most Syrians support President Bashar Al-Assad . They do so for good reason. They alone want to decide who rule them. They deplore outside intervention.
Disorganized “rebel” ranks are no match for Syria’s superior military. It continues making impressive gains.
Syrian media reports repeat what the July 9 one said. It headlined “Army eliminates Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists in several areas.”
Army units inflicted heavy losses on “armed terrorist groups” in and around Homs, Hula and other areas.
“Leader of an armed terrorist group, Obeid Hassan Obeid, nicknamed Abi Allaith, and terrorists Mossa al-Khaled, Mustafa Shamir and Osama Zabateh were identified among the dead.”
On July 8, FARS News Agency headlined “Syrian Army Continues Advance in Aleppo,” saying:
“Syrian Army units inflicted heavy losses on armed “rebels” in a series of concentrated military operations against their gatherings in Aleppo and took control of several parts of the city.”
Syrian forces continued mopping up operations. Areas have been totally cleared of foreign fighters.
Clashes continued around Aleppo’s central prison. Dozens of insurgents were killed. Many others were eliminated in other parts of the city.
On July 9, Press TV headlined “Syria invites UN officials to discuss claims of chemical weapons use,” saying:
Syria’s UN ambassador Bashar Jaafari said:
“The Syrian authorities have discovered yesterday in the city of Banias 281 barrels filled with dangerous, hazardous chemical materials.”
Amounts found are “capable of destroying a whole city, if not the whole country,” he added.
Toxic substances include 79 barrels of polyethylene glycol (PEG), 67 barrels of mono ethylene glycol, 25 barrels of mono ethanol (or ethanolamine), 68 barrels of diethanolamine (DEA), and 42 barrels of triethanolamine (TEA).
Jaafari said chemicals found were “in a secret storage (area) controlled and monitored by the armed terrorist groups.”
In mid-June, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said so-called US evidence doesn’t meet longstanding Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) requirements.
Insurgents used chemical weapons multiple times. UN investigators confirmed sarin use. They did so before equivocating under heavy Western pressure.
In late May, Turkish police arrested 12 suspected Al Nusra fighters. They were seized in southern Turkey.
They were caught red-handed with a two gm cylinder of sarin nerve gas. Initial Turkish media reports said four and a half pounds of sarin were seized.
Other reports provided clear evidence. Insurgents used sarin and other chemical weapons multiple times.
On July 9, Russia Today headlined “Russian inquiry to UN: “Rebels, not Army behind Syria Aleppo chemical attack,” saying:
Moscow’s UN ambassador Vladimir Churkin said analysis of samples taken indicate “rebels” bear responsibility.
“I have just passed the analysis of samples taken at the site of the chemical attack to the UN Secretary General,” Churkin said.
“Evidence studied by Russian scientists indicates that a projectile carrying the deadly nerve agent sarin was most likely fired at Khan al-Assal by the rebels.”
More than 30 people died. Damascus straightaway asked for a UN investigation. Insurgents lied. They denied responsibility. They falsely blamed Assad.
Israel’s a key US regional imperial partner. It’s heavily involved in Washington’s war on Syria. It’s allied with Al Qaeda and Al Nusra insurgents.
It supplies arms and munitions. It treats wounded insurgents in Israeli hospitals. It remains to be seen what follows.
Source: Global Research
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